Lesson study is a collaboration-based teacher professional development approach that
originated in Japan (Fernandez and Yoshida 2004; Lewis and Tsuchida 1998; Stigler and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gather evidence for the effectiveness of Lesson
Study (LS) for teachers' professional learning. Design/methodology/approach A systematic …

New common standards for mathematics were adopted by most of the states in the US by
2010. Achieving these standards, however, is a challenge, since they require significant …

The authors consider the future of special education personnel preparation by responding to
an overarching question: What frameworks might teacher educators use as a basis to …

Building on recent changes and debates surrounding the use of observation, this fully
updated second edition of Classroom Observation explores the role of lesson observation in …

Japanese Lesson Study has come under increasing attention from educators in the West
and throughout South-East Asia since it was revealed outside Japan through the release of …

This synthesis is designed to provide insight into the most important issues involved in a
large-scale implementation of inquiry-based learning (IBL). We will first turn to IBL itself by …

This article describes teachers' collective work aimed at learning to teach mathematics for
social justice. A situated, sociocultural perspective of learning guides this examination of …

Lesson study, originating in Japan, has been implemented in many different countries as an
approach to improve teaching and learning. But some mechanisms of lesson study are not …

This second edition of the Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education is
intended for those interested in international developments and future directions in …